Shaft for golf clubs and the like



Jan. 8, 1935. H. G. BARRETTv .SHAFT FOR GOLF CLUBS AND THE LIKE Filed June 14, 1929 Patented Jan. 8, 1935 SHAFT Fon GOLF CLUBS ANDf'rns' Wilmette, v lmesne assignments,y to -G'eneral l Harold G. Barrett,

LIKE

111., assigner, -by

Automatic Corp., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois --App1icaiionrune 14, 1929,

Serial No. 370,791

2 'claims (c1. 27s-so) This invention'relates in general to golf clubs, but more specifically to the shaft employed in connection therewith.

Heretofore with iron head golf clubs the shafts have been constructed of wood and as they are subjected to moisture andfehangingl temperature, the shafts not only absorb the moisture but vthey frequently warp and split. Metal shafts if used, will corrodefand rust, causing thepaint to peel or chip off, resulting in an unsightly appearance.'

l lI-Ieretofore in applying metal' shafts to iron heads it has been necessary to employ what is commonly known as an adaptor for adapting.

such shafts vfor use with an iron head. Itv has also been attempted to shape metal shafts to be 55 this invention,

secured to iron heads togive the shaft the appearance of a wooden shaft by what might lbe termed building up the shaft by sleeving a flared ferrule thereover'and securing the same to the shaft at the desired point,fafter which a casing has been sleeved over the shaft and ferrule, but in order toraccomlplish, this `it isfnecessary to stretch the casing to provide a'flare at one end to receive and accommodate the ferrule.

Itis one of the objects of the present invention to overcome these objectionsandl difficulties and to provide for the shafts of ironhead clubs a casingfor covering having tensile strength, which will not only reinforce the shaft to which it is applied, but will possess the necessary flexibility so as not to impair the flexibility of the shaft,'and yat the same time cause the finished product to have the appearance Aof Va 'standard wood shafted iron,

whether a wood shaft is actually employed or whether afmetallicl shaft is employed, and if a metallic or steel shaft is employed, the clubv will possess all ofthe attributes of both awooden and a metallic shaft.

It is another object of the present invention to dispense with the use of an adaptor by shaping or building up the casing itself either exteriorly or interiorly so as to ,provide the flare usually formed at the end of the wooden shaft which is inserted into the socket of the head7 thereby dispensingrwith the necessity of stretching or shaping the-body portion of the casing to form a flared portion'to receive such adaptor.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment vof other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and-arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating and in which Figure 1 is a sidegelevation ofan iron'head golf v club constructed inaccordance with the principlesof this invention. f

Figure 2is` a ylongitudinal A portion of ya shaft and a casing therefor showing onestep in themethodof producing or manufacturing the-shaft. j Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the' finished product. A

Figure 4 is anenlarged detail sectional'view of oneend of thexfinishedcasing or covering;v

'Figure rii `is ia view of a modified form of the invention, i" l 'Y v Figure 6 is a view of another modified form of the' invention i y j i Inpa'rr'yin'g'- h invention into practice the casing" is shown as applied-to a tubulanmetallic shaft, but itis to beunderstood that the same maybe applied lvto a shaft -which is vsolid orwhich maybe of `woodor metal suitably shaped.l

lffhefcasing 10 is constructedv of any suitable nonmetallic,` hard, iieX'ble material such as pyroxyline` which is preferablysuch that'it is adapted tribe made 4soft and pliable when subjected to'a" predetermined degree of heat, thereby adapting the v'same to be placed upon or sleeved over y'the shaft' to be fashioned to conform tothe contour of the shaft,the properties of the material ,being suchthat'as the casing becomes cool, it will shrink about the core upon which it is placed-or thecasing may be allowed to become cool-before applying to the shaft or core so that thev two may be secured together by a wedging action. l fAs 'shown in the drawing the shaft 1l is usually provided with Va Yreduced yand tapered extremity 1-21 that is adapted to be inserted into thesocket' end 13 of an iron head 14. The periphery of the casing'lfad'jacent one end thereof maybe reduced asr` at 15,l to providea circumferential shoul-` der i8,a'nd telescoped upon such reducedencl isa sleeve 17 preferably constructed of the same materialasthe material from-which the casinglO-is formed* Qne'endlof the sleevel'l abuts the 'circumferentialfshoulder 16 andthe otherend oftlrle` sleeve-17 preferably terminates flush with the ad-rv jacent "endof the sleeveorcasing 10.'` The in-` ternal -diameter-of`'the sleeve 17 is such that it"` will fitftightlyA upon the reduced portion-15' of" the sleeve or casing l0 and may be securedagainst displacement with respect thereto in any desired or suitable manner, such as by means of glue, cement, or other fastening means.

The casing embodying the sleeves 10 and 17 when, thus assembled may be telescoped upon Y the shaft 11 so as to fit tightly thereupon, the

sectional view of ya CTI `the sleeve 10a.

sleeve or casing 10 being so placed upon the shaft that the extremity 12 of the shaft 11 will project beyond one end thereof as shown in Figure 2.

The casing embodying the sleeves 10 and 17 isy then nished in any suitable manner, or may be finished before being placed upon the shaft, either by a grinding or cutting operation upon the the appearance of a flared wooden shaft.

Obviously Lthe sleeve 17 andthe casing 10 may be of the same or of different' colors, thereby enhancing the beauty or appearance ofthe finished product. y ,f w.

ln the form'of the invention shown in Figure 5, the same results are produced, but :the'eiect duced in an integral structure. the invention the Obviously, in all forms of the tube or casing mayif desired be of asubstantially' uniform internal diameter throughouty its length.

It Will therefore be manifest that when a casing of this character is employed of the shaft.

invention, 10W grade Wood may be employed for the shaft.

and in a direction invention l the Waste of material, and as the sleeve junction of the sleeve and the shoulder' on the casing.

While thev preferred forms of the invention have y been herein shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new isz- 1, In a golf club, the combination with a metal the end of the socket.

a golf c1ub, the combinacin witha metal 2. In head provided'with a HAROLD G. BARRETT. 

